The Sunday Oregonian., October 21, 1917, Section One, Page 3, Image 3

TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, : OCTOBER 21, 1917.
RAIDERS SEND 11
SHIPS TO. BOTTOM
Big Convoy Bound From Nor
way to England Attacked
by Germans.
ALL SUNK, NO WARNING
Vessels Iiost Include Two British
Iestrojers, rive Norwegian,
One Danish and Three
Swedish Boats.
BERLIN, Oct. 20, via London. A con
voy of 13 vessels, bound from Norway
to England, was attacked by German
light naval forces on Wednesday with
the result that all the ships of the con
voy and the protecting vessels, includ
ing two British destroyers, were sunk,
with the exception of a small fishing
steamer, says a German Admiralty
statement issued today. The German
forces suffered no loss. The text of the
statement reads:
"On Wednesday light German sea
fighting forces in the northern part of
the North Sea, within territorial waters
in the neighborhood of the Shetland
Islands, attacked a convoy bound from
Norway to England, consisting of 13
vessels, including by way of protec
tion, two modern British destroyers,
0-29 and G-31.
Germana Report No L.OM.
"All the ships of the convoy and the
protecting vessels, including the de
stroyers, were destroyed, with the ex
ception of an escorting fishing steamer.
Our fighting forces returned without
loss or damage."
LONDON, Oct. 20. Two German raid
iers attacked a convoy in the North Sea
on Wednesday and sank two of the
British escorting destroyers, it was an
nounced officially today by the British
War Office.
The British torpedo destroyers sunk
were the Mary Rose and the Strong
33ow.
Three Merchantmen Escape.
The official announcement says that
three merchant vessels escaped in the
action but that five Norwegian, one
Danish and three Swedish vessels were
sunk without warning.
Thirty Norwegians were rescued by
patrol craft.
The raiders, which were heavily
armed, showed anxiety to escape be
fore they could be interrupted by Brit
ish forces, adds the official statement,
and made no attempt to rescue the
rews of the sunken destroyers.
All the officers and men of the Mary
Rose and the Strong Bow were lost.
The statement declares untrue the
German story to the effect that the at
tack occurred in the territorial waters
of the Shetland Islands.
British Watchers Evaded.
The hostile raiders, it appears, suc
ceeded in evading the British watchers
on dark nights on both the outward
and the homeward dash.
The Admiralty statement reads:
"Two very fast and heavily armed
German raiders attacked a convoy in
the North Sea about midway between
the Shetland Islands and the Norwegian
coast, on Wednesday. Two British de
stroyers, His Majesty"s ships Mary
Rose, Lieutenant-Commander Charles
Kox. and Strong Bow. Lieutenant-Commander
Edward Brooke, which formed
the anti-submarine escort, at once en
gaged the enemy vessels and fought
until they were sunk, after a short and
unequal engagement.
"Their gallant action held the Ger
man raiders sufficiently long to en
able three merchant vessels to effect
their escape."
Uestroyer Crews Lost.
"Anxious to make good their escape
before British forces could intercept
them, no effort was made to rescue the
crews of the sunken British destroyers,
and the Germans left the doomed mer
chant ships whilst these were still
ainking, thus enabling the British pa
trol craft which arrived shortly after
ward to rescue some 30 Norwegians
and others, regarding whom details are
not yet known. The German navy by
this act once more and further de
graded itself by this disregard of the
historic chivalry of the sea.
"The German official communique on
this subject states that the attack took
place within territorial waters in the
neighborhood of the Shetland Islands
and that all the escort vessels, includ
ing the destroyers, were sunk with the
exception of one escort fishing steamer.
The statement as to the locality of the
attack is untrue, as js also the state
ment regarding the destruction of the
escort vessels.
Unsh Hurriedly Made.
"The enemy raiders succeeded In
evading the British watching squad
rons on long, dark nights, both on their
hurried outward dash and their home
flight.
"it is regretted that all the SS offi
cers and men of H. M. S. Mary Rose and
4 1 officers and men of H. M. S. Strong
Bow were lost."
71 SURVIVORS HKACII LAi'D
Vnfortunatcs Itcaoh West Coast by
Strenuous Rowing.
CHRISTIANIA. Oct. 20. Of 12 ships
sailing in convoy from Norway to Eng
land and sunk on October 17 by Ger
man cruisers, five were Norwegian,
representing a total of 3400 tons, two
were Danish, two Swedish, one Belgian
and two British.
So far 71 survivors, after strenuous
rowing, have arrived at different places
on the west coast.
early . warning of the approaching air
craft, had left their -shelters' and were
going home, when a bomb fell from an
unseen and unheard airship, breaking
many plate-glass windows. The sound
of the bomb was unlike that of any in
a previous raid. It was less shrill and
heavier.
Fond Delusion Shattered. -
The Evening News, commenting on
the raid, says:
"Last night another of our fond war
delusions, due, we suppose, to the
phlegmatic perversity of our national
character, was shattered.' Statements
from authoritative quarters made at
various times had led us to believe the
airship menace had been mastered. How
far this is from being the case is shown
by the official report.
"It may be pointed out that the moon
a feeble one set at eight minutes
past 7. It seems, therefore, that the
moon is not a factor in German air
calculations, which most people hoped."
Warning; Given Early.
The "silent raid" Is the name given
to the Zeppelins' visit to London last
night. Many Londoners awakened this
morning with the feeling that there
was a good deal to say for the official
view against warning of night air
raids. Although warning was given
early in the evening, the people, after
waiting hours for the sound of gun
firing, went to bed, believing the
raiders had - been intercepted off the
coast. Then suddenly two loud re
ports startled light sleepers, but as
nothing followed a majority thought it
merely was the firing of anti-aircraft
guns in distant districts.
OREGON ASKS $10,000
FIRST STATEMENT FALSE, BAM
BERGER TELLS LISTER.
Executive Gets Reply to Protest
. Agralnst Story Defense Council
Asked for 10,000.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Oct. 20. (Special.)
Oregon did, but Washington didn't
ask Utah for aid in raising a war fund
to battle bootlegging about Camp
Lewis, according to a statement re
ceived by Governor Lister, from Gov
ernor Bamberger, today. It came in
reply, to sharp protest by Governor
Lister against a report from Salt Lake
that the Washington Council had asked
Utah for $10,000 and reads:
"My attention has been called to the
false statement attributed to members
of the State Council of Defense rela
tive to a reported request for funds
from the Washington Council of De
fense. The statement sent out by a
news association and published in your
state is absolutely false and I had
steps taken to correct it before receiv
ing your telegram.
This office did receive a request
from the Oregon Council of Defense for
co-operation in guarding against vice
at Camp Lewis. I do not believe any
member of Utah Council of Defense
characterized this as 'A splendid ex
ample of nerve,' but that the Council
will give it the dignified consideration
such a request deserves. I regret very
mucn wide circulation given such a
falsehood."
As a representative of the Oresron
Council of Defense, W. F. Woodward,
of this city, on October 11 directed a
letter to Governor Bamberger, calling
attention to the movement on in the
northwest in connection with the Fob-
dick Commission's work to suppress
vice conditions, and suggesting that
Utah's proportion of the cost might be
estimated at $10. 00 and recommending
to the Utah official that his state 1oln
in the movement with that much finan
cial backing. The letter was similar
to others sent to other Northwest
states.
ZEPPELIN RAID REACTS
Continued From FMrt Pas..
don area. Persons in the neighborhood
of the destroyed houses said the resi
dents were in their homes at the time.
A party was being held at one of these
houses and friends this morning were
vainly seeking those who had been
present. As yet there is not a complete
casualty list.
Eight bombs were dropped in a small
town outside London. Two were of a
liigh explosive composition and fell in
open spaces without causing damage
Six were incendiary bombs, of which
i.c ihumtu no nre. ine sixth went
inrougn ine root into a workman s cot
tage and entered a room where the
juuiiier ana two cnuciren were sleep
ing. The blazing missile burned the
mother to a cinder. The children and
the occupants of the adjoining rooms
jeapea irom the windows of the burn
ing house into blankets held by neigh
bors. The two children were badly
burned but will recover. The flames
were quickly extinguished and the
property damage was small.
In a populous London district one of
the explosive bombs demolished a row
of workmen's cottages.
Last night's Zeppelin raid came after
an interval of 12 months. Nobody saw
the raider, which flew at a great.
height and dropped only one bomb in
WAR HELD SUPREME TEST
President Wants America to Lead
. All Civilized Peoples.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20. President Wil
son, in a letter received by Mayor John
Purroy Mitchel today, said that the
people's response In the liberty loan
campaign ought to be such as would
put America at the front of all civil
ized peoples." The President's letter
reads:
"This letter comes to you in an
unusual way. but in unusual circum
stances. I write it not because I have
tne least doubt that your fellow citi
zens will respond with patriotic devo
tion to the call for subscriptions to the
liberty loan, but because I want to send
them a personal message. That mes
sage is this:
"This war is the supreme test of the
principles and energy of the people of
tne united states. The 'whole world
looks to us to omit nothing that will
bring about the complete triumph of
mose principles and the complete vin
dication of the honor and sovereignty
of our Government which has been so
grossly violated and invaded. -The re
sponse ought to be such as will put
America at tne rront of all civilized
peoples.'
THREE SONS IN SERVICE
Parents Learn Third Son Will Handle
Mail in France.
RIDGE FIELD. Wash., Oct. 20. (Spe
cial.) Henry Ackley. of Toledo, O.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Ackley. who
live southeast of Ridgefield, will han
dle mail of United States soldiers in
France, is the word received by his
parents.
Ackley was clerk in charge of the
railway mail crews between Toledo and
St. Louis for several years. He says he
is ready to go to France on five min
utes' notice, but will not take his fam
ily until later.
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Ackley will have
three sons in the service of the coun
try Lieutenant Ward Ackley, at
American Lake: Blaine Ackley, in the
Y. M. C. A. work, and Henry Ackley,
w ho will handle mail in France.
Sow Mexico Mines Reopened.
SILVER CITY. N. M Oct. 15. The
high price of silver has caused a num
ber of old silver workings in Southern
New Mexico to be resumed as marginal
producers. The Kingston-Lake Valley
and Hillsboro mines have been re
opened and have been operating at a
profit because of the high price of
silver.
PRESIDENT CALLS
NATION TO PRAYER
October 28 Named as Day for
Invocation of Aid for
American Arms.
PROCLAMATION IS ISSUED
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Practically everybody needs at least
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But if your blood is scrofulous.
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You need all three medicines. .
People Are Asked to Seek Divine
Guidance In High Cause to
AVhich the Republic Has
Consecrated Itself.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. President
Wilson, by proclamation, today declared
Sunday, October 28, as a day for prayer
for the success of American arms, in
accordance with the recent resolution
of Congress.
The President's proclamation follows:
"Whereas. The Congress of the Unit
ed States, by a concurrent resolution
adopted on the fourth day of the pres
ent month of October, in view of the
entrance of our Nation into the vast
and awful war which now afflicts the
greater part of the world, has request
ed me to set apart by official proclama
tion a day upon which our people
should be called upon to offer concerted
prayer to Almighty God for his divine
aid in the success of our arms;
And Whereas. It behooves a great
free people, nurtured as we have been
in the eternal principles of Justice and
of right, a Nation which has sought
from the earliest days of its existence
to be obedient to the divine teachings
which have inspired it in the exercise
of its liberties, to turn always to the
Supreme Master and cast themselves in
faith at his feet, praying for his aid
and succor in every hour of trial, to
the end that the great aims to which
our fathers dedicated our pow r as, a
people may not perish among men, but
be always asserted and defended with
fresh ardor and devotion and, through
the divine blessing, set at last upon
enduring foundations for the benefit of
all the free peoples of the earth;
"Now, therefore, I. Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States, gladly
responding to the wish expressed by
Congress, do appoint October 28, being
the last Sunday of the present month,
as a day of supplication and prayer for
all the people of the Nation, earnestly
exhorting all my countrymen to ob
serve the appointed day. according to
their- several faiths, in solemn prayer,
that God's blessings may rest upon the
high task which Is laid upon us, to the
end that the cause for which we give
our lives and treasure may triumph and
our efforts be blessed with high
achievement." '
most of them" apparently being small
vessels.
The character ' of the Taiding war
ships is not apparent. The British Ad
miralty describes them! as very fast
and heavily armed, while Berlin, in its
report, refers to-them-as light sea
fighting forces." They . escaped the
vigilance-of the British guardships un
der cover of darkness, both on their
outward and homeward trips.
The story - of Germany's reverse in
the air began, with the account of a
raid on England last night in which
the bombs "the Zeppelins dropped killed
27 persons and Injured 53 others. Re
ports soon began to -be received, how
ever, of Zeppelins being brought down
in France. These were at first sup
posed to belong to an independent raid-
ng fleet. Dispatches from France late
in the day, however, declared them to
be the raiders' returning from Eng
land. They had appeared over French
territory, it was stated, and were scat
tered to various parts of the country
as the alarm went out and the French
airmen rose in swarms to attack them.
AUGUSTUS JONES DEAD
Civil War Veteran Is Buried by
George Wright Post, G. A. R.
Augustus Jones, member of George
Wright Post. G. A. R., died at Emanuel
Hospital, this city, October 15, aged
75 years and 4 months. An impressive
military burial was conducted by mem
bers of George Wright Post., and he
was laid to rest in Rose City Park
Cemetery.
Mr. Jones served his country during
the Civil War as a member of Company
A, Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota
Cavalry. For the last 11 years he had
resided in Oregon, making his home
with his son, J. R. Jones, of Park. Rose.
He also leaves four other sons Julius
H., Frank C, Stephen D. and Thomas
K. all residents of Portland except
Frank C. Jones, who resides in Mon
tana.
Progress of the War.
GERMANY scored on the water Sat
urday, breaking up merchant con
voys in the North Sea. Raiding cruis
ers sank two British destroyers and
nine of the 12 convoyed ships. Ger
many suffered little less than a dis
aster in the air. however, when fou: ,,
ann prooaDiy live. Zeppelin airships.,
believed to be returning from a raid on1
England, were brought down In French
territory by airplane and anti-aircraft
gunfire.
The sea tragedy cost the British the
lives of 135 officers and men on the
destroyers, who were left to their fate
by the German raiders, as were the
crews of the sinking merchantmen.
About 100 of the merchant sailors "how
ever, are known to have reached the
shore in boats or on British patrol
craft. All but three of the trading
ships were of Scandinavian nationality.
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Consultation Kree.
The Russian fleet, which was caught
by the Germans in the waters around
the Gulf of Riga, is apparently in a
desperate situation. The Germans
have sown mines south of Moon Sound
to block an exit to the Russians there,
while they are closing- the route to the
north by their operations for taking
possession of Dago Island, which Ber
lin reports say are proceeding according
to the German plan.
AIR MEN ARE HONORED
MILITARY CROSS AND OTHER DIS.
TIXCTIOXS CONFERRED.
Brnn" of American Klyer. In British
Service Said to Be In Neighbor
hood of 60.
LOS-DON, Sept. 29. (By mail.) Air
men figure prominently in a long list
of war honors announced this week.
Lieutenant A. P. Rhys-Davids received
the military "cross for destroying four
enemy aircraft and driving down many
others out of control.
"On one occasion," it is added, "he
shot down a German pilot who had ac
counted for 29 allied machines."
Captain W. C. Campbell gets the dis
tinguished service order for "courage
and skill in attacking enemy aircraft
at close range."
lie bad destroyed 12 hostile airplanes
and two balloons and had taken part
n many other combats during the last
three months.
Another recipient of the distin
guished service order is Lieutenant A.
S. Sheppard.
Within a month he. brought down
seven machines. Though surrounded
by enemy machines, he fought for
nearly an hour against two hostile
formations, finally bringing down one
of the enemy."
Lieutenant K. L Caldwell, who gets
the military cross, has taken part in
more than 50 contests in the air.
Lieutenant- W. C. Cambray, similarly
decorated, shot down four enemy
scouts. Military crosses also are
awarded to Lieutenant G. H. Bowman,
who led offensive patrols on 20 occa
sions, and to Captain A. J. Clarke, who
led 14 bomb raids.
The foremost airman in the British
army today is a Canadian, but his clos
est rival is an Amreican from Chicago,
who has thus far accounted for 22 Ger
man machines.
Up to the present, it has been for
bidden to mention by name any of the
American airmen serving in the British
army, but it is expected that this rule
will be relaxed shortly and that- ac
counts of the work of several American
members of the Royal Flying Corps
will be issued for publication. The
total "bag" of American flyers in the
British service is now In the neighbor
hood of 0.
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